ABOUT THIS BOOKThis book is both a handbook for defining and completing a research project, and an astute introduction to the neglected history and changeable philosophy of modern social science.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Contents
1. Salsa Dancing? In the Social Sciences?
2. What's It All About?
3. An Ode to Canonical Social Science
4. What Is This a Case of, Anyway?
5. Reviewing the Literature
6. On Sampling, Operationalization, and Generalization
7. Getting Down to the Nitty-Gritty
8. Field (and Other) Methods
9. Historical-Comparative Methods
10. Data Reduction and Analysis
11. Living Your Life as a Salsa-Dancing Social Scientist
Appendix One: What to Do If You Don't Have a Case
Appendix Two: Tools of the Trade
Appendix Three: Special Resources for Specific Methods
Appendix Four: Sample Search Log
Notes
Bibliography
Author's Note
Acknowledgments
Index

This book is both a handbook for defining and completing a research project, and an astute introduction to the neglected history and changeable philosophy of modern social science.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Contents
1. Salsa Dancing? In the Social Sciences?
2. What's It All About?
3. An Ode to Canonical Social Science
4. What Is This a Case of, Anyway?
5. Reviewing the Literature
6. On Sampling, Operationalization, and Generalization
7. Getting Down to the Nitty-Gritty
8. Field (and Other) Methods
9. Historical-Comparative Methods
10. Data Reduction and Analysis
11. Living Your Life as a Salsa-Dancing Social Scientist
Appendix One: What to Do If You Don't Have a Case
Appendix Two: Tools of the Trade
Appendix Three: Special Resources for Specific Methods
Appendix Four: Sample Search Log
Notes
Bibliography
Author's Note
Acknowledgments
Index